The story
- Old English · inherited frommæl
- English todayfistmele
From fist + mele, variant of meal (“measure”), from Old English mæl.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fistmele
Today it means: A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6½ inches or 16½ centimetres). Full definition →
Old English mæl